God's Renewed Creation:
Call to Hope and Action
A Pastoral Letter from the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church.
"God's creation is in crisis. We, the Bishops of The United Methodist Church, cannot remain silent while God's people and God's planet suffer. This beautiful natural world is a loving gift from God, the Creator of all things seen and unseen. God has entrusted its care to all of us, but we have turned our backs on God and on our responsibilities. Our neglect, selfishness, and pride have fostered:
• pandemic poverty & disease;
• environmental degradation and
• the proliferation of weapons and violence.
Despite these interconnected threats to life and hope, God's creative work continues. Despite the ways we all contribute to these problems, God still invites each one of us to participate in the work of renewal. We must begin the work of renewing creation by being renewed in our own hearts and minds. We cannot help the world until we change our way of being in it."
--- So begins the pastoral letter from the Council of Bishops. The entire letter and the accompanying foundation document may be found online at www.HopeandAction.org
May God guide us to be good stewards of all He has created.